English

Incompressible surfaces and (1,1)-knots

Geometric Topology 2009-09-29 v2

Abstract

Let M be S3S^3, S1×S2S^1\times S^2, or a lens space L(p,q), and let k be a (1,1)-knot in M, i.e., a knot which is of 1-bridge with respect to a Heegaard torus. We show that if there is a closed meridionally incompressible surface in the complement of k, then the surface and the knot can be put in a special position, namely, the surface is the boundary of a regular neighborhood of a toroidal graph, and the knot is level with respect to that graph. As an application we show that for any such M there exist tunnel number one knots which are not (1,1)-knots.

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@article{arxiv.math/0201121,
  title  = {Incompressible surfaces and (1,1)-knots},
  author = {Mario Eudave-Munoz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0201121},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

11 pages, 4 figures. Revised version. To appear in JKTR

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